Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Postcard #9 • L'Univers Akan at Côte D'Ivoire

(IVORY COAST)- Cote D'Ivoire or Ivory Coast in english, is a country located in West Africa. Their culture is divided within 4 regions, being the Akans the biggest one. The Akan is an ethnical group within Ivory Coast and Ghana. This postcard shows three images of Akan culture: the feast of yams, one of the biggest events of the Kingdom of N'dénian; it's a festival where all the sons and daugthers of the kingdom get together around their sovereign to give thanks to the ancestors and spirits while dancing and mashing yams. The second image shows a workship to the royal sun; and the third image is a typical akan dance. As Ndeyl recommended me, I googled about it, but you should definitely watch some Youtube videos like this one.